It has been a while but I finally finished the living room.The last of the trim has been installed.
The baseboard proved to be more challenging than I had hoped for.The house over the last 100+ years has settled so every bit had to be scribed a...

I finally am finishing up the upper sections of the wainscot project.These have added some interesting twists. Most of them resulting from working on a 125 year old house.
Here are more pictures following progress...Building the panels in the s...

A friend of mine contacted me a while back to inquire if I was interested in a good deal buying his walnut.
Seems he gets news that he has to move with his job and does not want to move the wood.
He had just moved it a year or so prior.
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The next area to be undertaken is the West wall.It is the longest run in the room, just over 13’.
Preparing the top rail.Fortunately I had a piece long enough to do the top rail in one piece.....Nothing works like a well tuned and sharp p...

Time to get started with assembly.
I chose the North wall first. Partly because it was small and I needed a small victory and also wanted to deal with the first of the cold air returns..
Pocket holes are drilled prior to assembly. I find the...

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